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37 posts todayThanks to @fawcettsociety for a great webinar with excellent contributions from @CCriadoPerez Pragna from @SBSisters and Mary-Ann from @WomensBudgetGrp looking forward to turning information into action!
Thanks to @fawcettsociety for a great webinar with excellent contributions from @CCriadoPerez Pragna from @SBSisters and Mary-Ann from @WomensBudgetGrp looking forward to turning information into action!
Huge thanks to @GirlsssRadical for the first in their Webinar series critiquing pornography. Excellent presentation and Q+A Sisterhood and Solidarity https://t.co/M6fbtq...
If men could remain mindful of social distancing once the pandemic is over that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. https://t.co/yhPZCj...
RT @GirlsssRadical: First webinar #10mythsaboutpornog... campaign: Maria João Faustino, PHD researcher focuses on sexual violence in heterosexual relationships, looking specifically @ gendered patterns of coercion regarding anal sex. Please register ...
RT @sodfadaaji: I am excited to announce that on July 11, 2020, we will be launching The African Legal Think Tank on Women’s Rights - @AltowrOrg - a continental institute performing legal research & advocacy on women’s rights. Stay tuned & we ...
RT @fawcettsociety: TONIGHT: Join us online at 6:30pm to hear why women need to be more visible in the #CoronavirusUK response, with our CEO @Samsmethers, award-winning writer @CCriadoPerez, Pragna Patel from @SBSisters & Mary-Ann Stephenson from ...
RT @spinifexpress: “Pared down to cold hard facts, surrogacy is the commissioning/buyin... of a woman into whose womb an embryo is inserted and who thus becomes a ‘breeder’ for a third party.” Renate Klein, Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation https: ...
Our thoughts are with the victims #Webelieveyou. https://t.co/m1qCAi...
RT @JoolzDenby: Government action needed to keep victims of abuse safe as murders rise during lockdown - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/H73oj5... via @UKChange ...
RT @laurenp01: My clients abuser has got a #familycourt order stating victim has to allow him to have contact with their daughter in victims house due to conoravirus! How is this appropriate @HMCTSgovuk?!
RT @LailaMickelwait: @ZombieTron According to their own statement they keep them in a database, so if that is the case that would actually mean they are in current possession of illegal child sexual abuse material.
RT @LailaMickelwait: ATTN: Pornhub has just been caught instructing users who find child sexual abuse videos on their site NOT TO REPORT “CHILD PORNOGRAPHY” to authorities. #Traffickinghub #Pedohub #Pedophilehub https://t.co/exruYV...
FiLiA Weekend Conference tickets available now. - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights https://t.co/X6dOC6... https://t.co/qUV69q...
Domestic and Sexual Violence Helplines https://t.co/JypwJV... https://t.co/IviVHV...
*** FiLiA BLOG *** WAR AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS MUSEUM IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA https://t.co/of3C60...
*** FiLiA PODCAST *** SUNDAY CLOSING SPEECHES FROM #FiLiA2019 https://t.co/eNtapw...
Sunday Closing Speeches - FiLiA Conference 2019 — FiLiA
'When asked on France 24 if it meant men were immunologically weaker than women, she responded: “Yes, generally speaking women mount greater immune responses to a variety of viruses and other infectious agents than do men.”' https://t.co/tTByrT...
Coronavirus: Why are men twice as likely to die as women?
'The Secretary of State has suggested it is appropriate for women to travel to England to seek terminations during the coronavirus lockdown.' https://t.co/lEno8V...
Coronavirus: Woman can travel to England for abortions, Secretary of State says
'specialist support services for victims of violence against women are still insufficient in number and their funding “extremely volatile”, according to the report.' https://t.co/k2L88P...
Stopping violence against women: welcome progress but obstacles remain
'This highlights that having more women in decision-making political positions, such as executive boards, may remain ineffective in changing policy if other institutional, structural, and organisational barriers are not addressed ' *gender --> sex ...
Gender quotas give women a position, but no power | Seren
'Shelling by Houthi rebels hit a women's prison in the country's southwestern province of Taiz, killing at least five prisoners, Yemeni officials have said.' https://t.co/s9IqIx...
Deadly attack on women's prison in Yemen a 'war crime': Analyst
To analyze the link between childhood physical and sexual abuse and SLE among black women, Cozier and colleagues studied data from the Black Women’s Health Study, which in 1995 enrolled 64,500 participants in the continental United States aged 21-69 ...
Childhood sexual, physical abuse increases adulthood lupus risk among black women
'Prostitution is legal in Bangladesh although one study reports that less than 10% of those working in prostitution entered the sex trade voluntarily.' Support Women to exit the trade in this form of torture called paid rape. #enddemand #NordicModel ...
Bangladesh sends food aid to brothels as women fight to survive lockdown
'Within a couple of weeks, the safe house donated the first batch of face masks to the local taxi drivers' association, as they are driving healthcare workers free of charge during the country-wide lockdown.' https://t.co/mHGMBf...
In a Serbian town, survivors of domestic violence are sewing face masks for those in the front line of COVID-19 response
'UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "horrifying global surge" in domestic violence during the coronavirus crisis and urged governments to step up efforts to prevent violence against women.' https://t.co/HzOy7X...
Global surge of domestic violence since coronavirus lockdowns
'In Latin America and the Caribbean, 30 percent of pregnant women are under 18 years old. Latin America is the only region in the world where pregnancy of young girls is on the rise, according to the campaign #Niñasnomadres ' https://t.co/PLkJ3w...
#NiñasNoMadres: Argentines protest against the forced pregnancy of young girls · Global Voices